Improved tile-machine



UNITED STATES zPATENT OEEIoE.

JOSEPH OHRISTEII, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVED TILE-MACHINE.

Specification forming` part of Letters Patent No. 106,550, dated August 23, 1870.

`To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GHRISTEN, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Tile, and also molds for the same; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference bein g had to the accom panyin g drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a machine for forming,` tile for roofs and floors, and for ornamental work for buildings and other purposes, from clay, cement, or plaster-of-paris, or from a combina tion of either two or all of them; and it consists in the construction au d arran gement l1 ereinafter described.

In the accompanying` drawing, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 3 on the line ma". Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of Fig. 2 on .the line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the base or bed of the machine, from which rise two uprights, B and O. D D represent slots in the upright sides, which allow the follower E `to rise and fall by'means of a cranlmnotioii. F represents the molding-cylinder, which is revolved with an intermitting motion by means of a ratchet on one end of its shaft, and apawl (seen in dotted lines) which is attached to the uprights B. G represents the ratchet-wheel, also seen in dotted lines. H is the drivin g-shaft, the outer end of which is supported by the stand I. J is a pulleyr on this shaft, from which the machine is driven by means of a belt. J is a ily-wheel. K is a driving-wheel on the shaft H. L is a gearwheel on the shaft H', which engages with the wheel K. From the shaft H and wheel L the motions are obtained for operating,` the molding-cylinder and the follower. A crank-motion is obtained from a unit-pin on the wheel L on 011e side of the machine, and from a crank on the end of the shaf't H on the other side,

' which is communicated to the follower E by means of connecting-rods M, one of which is seen in dotted lines in Fi 2. These rods 'connect with the follower by means of wrist-pins in the ends of the follower.

Connected with the molding-cylinder there is a disk-wheel, N, containing,` five projecting` pins, O. The molding-cylinder F has five faces or sides, forming a pentagon.

P is a lifting-hook, which is connected with a short crank, q, 011 the wrist-pin of the follower, the hook end of which takes hold of the pins O and turns the molding-cylinder onefifth of a revolution, and so that the sides stand alternately in a horizontal position and stationary for a period of time sufficiently long' to receive the follower as it descends to make the impression. The shaft H revolves'with a constant motion and causes the follower to aseend and descend.

The molds for forming` the tile are placed on the sides of the cylinder and on the face of the follower, and the clay or cement for the tile is placed in sufficient quantity on the faces of the cylinder, so that when the follower descends the tile or other article is formed, according to the molds used. When one of the sides is brought by the lifting-hook to the proper position, the cylinder is held stationary by means of a ratchet, It, and the lever-pawl S.

T is a small bell-crank on the upright C, one arm of which is operated upon by the follower. The other arm is forced against the upper end of the'lever-pawl S by the spring' U with a constant pressure. Vis a recess in the follower, and W is a lip, which alternately lowers and liberates the arm of the bell-crank, thus causin gthe lever-pawl, with the assistance ofthe spring X, to alternately engage with and hold stationary and to liberate the moldin ,fg-cylinder.

The shaft of the molding-cylinder revolves on the bottoms of the slots D D.

Y is a binder, which is made to fit around the diskfwheel N, and is fastened tothe frame by screws, as seen in the drawing.

It will be seen that tile and4 other articles corresponding,` in form or coniiguration to the molds used may be rapidly made in this inachine, five separate pieces being made at each revolution of the molding-cylinder. The follower is so operated that it descends iive times for each revolution of the cylinder.

I do not confine myself to a pentag'on or a five-sided cylinder exclusively. A polygon of any suitable number of sides may be used with the same result. Molds of any description or style for the purposes intended are made from a pattern. The cement for such mold is placed on the cylinder and on the face of the follower, and the pattern (which may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable material) is embedded therein by bringing the follower down, as in forming the tile or other art-icle. Each side of the cylinder is thus made to correspond with the follower and form one side or half of Vthemold. .Y .e Y Y I Vhen the mold thus made has become sufciently hard for use the tile or other article is produced, as heretofore described.

Having,` thus described my invention, I claim BEN. J AcoBs, Gino. W. HoPKiNs. 

